Assembling tool



Sept. 14,1943. F. J. LENEHAN ASSEMBLING TOOL Filed Sept. 5, 1941 FIGJ INVENTOR F. J. LENEHAN i Maw-L44 ATTORNEY Puma-Sept? y I An object of the invention is to provide an as s m lins tool,-:particularly of the-manuall operahle= type; vvhich ls simple ;,in construction o and on ,fulcrumpinss; T '1 I i With this and other. objects inflliewythe, invention comprises an assembling-tool'havingabody an article.azand a, ,swingable, arm-supported by the body and havingzflfingers. formed; ,to removethe first washendrorn ther-rod: and move the washer ontoithe. article r 1 Other objects ,and'advantages wlll be annarent from the following detailed -descriptiontaken in conjunction .:with. the; accompanying drawing, wherein .o 1, if r Fjg, 1- is a i -ront elevational-view. ofjthe assembling tool, portions thereof being;v shown in section '1 Fig.,; 2 s t; side newness "view mm mmblirig t iiu suati gthe 'swingahlearm in dotted;

I 65 in itsnormal position and-in solid linesxm its assembling positi I l i oi he low Y or ion we -th as emb i o l, illnstratlng the assemblies g/ of "a; vwasher on an amok-rand r; :E- 1.

Ei$,-,. szeir menta s Ill-P 8 onsoig-Wafi Q-Q 'iew of per- -Referring new; to drawing, 'assenlhling tool illustrated therein rnay he termed a" hand-v i qsh l -the; 1a;lsi PQItiQIlmQi its len th for the moi neniwand ac ua ion; of a s in ab e arn'i l3; The body lfl gis apertured throughout; assass n v ineh Amagaziner'ocl If! sngport a multiplicltyof split ring washer I 8 as wdisnosedjlin the chamber [5 of v the, body-, the lower: end of :the magaaine' QQi'W DKQH Q lflwe si mfasat ,0, fr m a p r l where the lowermost washerfll8= will rest s me tmeell t ti he wflsbrsiab ve it; t a1.

omelet; s h ly 7. lamenrinJ tign mtti .2 mm

article; 23; such as} a iulerumsqjhat; the; operator may readily Observe ollqvv ,phambers I 5 and l6 vash iel oched sm edg;t. The;

fhisinvention;relaieSgtoassembling toolsi iahcl l more; particularlys,-to {000115; for assembling i-split f' I ieh yicffioientin applyin .v split-1; ring Washers e made hollow to receive a ringrholding-magazine rodrthe latter formedatzitsioi ter end to vfit over;

gFigJ is an enlar ed fra mntlv detailed view I he 1 has a body .10.;

3 screws 56i; 1 has a 'portionzivvhichliextends'beneath the-fingers; providing:aasunportine able; therelori o 6 Anowelcnin Sl is rigidlv.=;dispose l in aniaperture'.

ASSEMIBLINGTOQL Rn en;'M u NL J'.' s 0 I f' 1 stern-Electric Company, Incorporated, I I New corporation of New York in itatio epte|nber.5, 1941, Serial K itlin,

' grem ins. (011195843 a extreme end of the'-mag az .ima

rod withqthe article 23and for: automatic: align? e t th of: Asillust atedinvfie 3', the: article 23; ,namely tl el fulcrum-pin, is grooved; at. 26,;t0, j

receive theawashe :the latter- ,iunctionin q v isplacement j cur a. P rt (n t. s w ;;faeai s on the, articlenwrjx "Attention is; now directetito the' upperf. end f the nagaaine :rod |'I ,-which is 'pointed;; as at; 21,

"so that a quantity ottheweslwm;maybe readily disposed, thereon. EIfhe upper; end of; th magaw zine rod; i] extends into amaperturerill of'a support; a setzscrew 32 in theirslipnort serving to removably holdthe megazinerrodl invtassembl'ed relfl vi lno WithwthB SllDROtfl ,An aperture, -;i 3-,- hrou the" adjacentiwall of the body; v 01pmvides 1 access to the set' screw; iorftheiremoval of he. magazine rodwhen itaisj desirable to replenish the washers. A vertical, slot .34 is iomied inithe ml to receive an, end 35Lof fi'iSQIGW' 3,6,

serv n -to allow longit dinal movementtof the v o body, re ativeite the support and magazine, rod yetmaintain these parts tagainst; relative. rotation -,.Th er support? 31- is; made :hol1ow,=' at 38, to receive qimsnrina 39aabutt1ns against-the inner wall, ofalcover :.4 ltitognonnallv'urge the magazine rod outwardly; to themosition shownv in Figs. 1

and ZmThecover lll is; internally threaded? and disposed uponian externallycthreaded portion 41,

ofthe-bodylll; l; o s. Referrin'grnow toy'the swingableTarr'n-x I 3-,it will be observed that the: upperrportion i'of this arm o is provided withqan integralsyokelfi,"Urshapedin: general contour; z to straddle vthe may I 0 adjacent'fiat portionsi lfi," screws. 4 'll exte'nding into .to provide affulcr im for I the body cooperatin therswingablelarm". Y i

' 'Aspringtlfl", having its ends-embedded "iniaper tures inzthe =body' [L0- and l'the arm. I 3 ,re'spectively;

as illustrated Fig; 2; normally? urges the arm f intothe dottedpl'ine position-shownsin Fig.;2,-

whichiis the normalposition vfor therarm:

o'rThe forward: end of? the arm l3" terminatesi'at this portionbeing.oftlgreater thickness than the remaining portio'rifiofz the arm' and havinga" o I lateral groove 5 Fther'ei'n; Companion fingers 52 have tongue portions El -receivable. in the? groove l 51 o'f'thearm; this cOnnectlOn betweenthefingers and the 'arm'permittinglateral movement of the fingersrelative to each'rotherizandito thei'armi angle member- 55; ifixe'dato the; arnr .l3 by;

lreoessed; as-at 24. for temporary."in n e Qm ti f;-the

of each finger and movable therewith a distance screw 32' until the rod controlled by an elongate aperture 58 provided in the'horizontalvportion of the angle member 55 for each pin. 7

Attention is nowdirected t the contour of the fingers, particularly those portions extending forwardly' from the arm I3. As illustrated'in Figs; 1 and 2,; the forwardlyprojectedportionsv of the fingersvgradually reduce in'thicknes's to forward edges 60, vwhich are almost knife-like, the under surfaces of each finger lying in a common horizontal plane, as indicated at El, to

in a plane at right angles to the article upon which it is to'be disposed.

j Attention is further movement of the washer. to the groove26 in the rticle, wherethe resiliency of the washerwill cause it to lie snugly in'thelgroove.

It'is, therefore, apparet that with this as- T sembling tool split'washers may bejeadily and accurately assembled on-articles [with little eflort,

the assembling tool ,requir ingtw main movements on the part of the operator to accomplish this result, one being" the gripping of the tool to bring about movementrofthe arm' I3 relative,

I r to the body to remove the. first washer from the: supply and thenmoye the tool while'in this conmaintain each Washer, while being assembled, I v

latter movement including the movement of the tooli'nto'lregistration with the article and the con- ,ti'nued movement ofithe body-l0, the arm l3 directed to the fact that the inner or adjacent ends of'the fingers are cut away, as at 62, to more easily straddle the magazine rod l1. As

described, the fingers are movable outwardly away: from each other, but springs 64 mounted upon the sides of the armus engagethe'o'uter ends-{ct the fingers toqnorrnally urge them toward each other. I r t 1 -Th'e'tool is conditioned for operation fby -filling the magazin'erod with'a supply of the washers I8, this being made possible by loosening the'set chamberISQand freeof the support 3lM-fIhe washers may be readily disposed on the rod ;|1 over the pointed end 21 thereof, they beingprevented from dropping oif the opposite end'of'th'edition with the first'washer 'already selected, this and the fingers S Z ,whilejthe magazine rod l1 stops with its 'n agement'with the article. causingiunctioning of the fingers to move the selected washer-over the; tapered or enlarging surfacesv 20 'an'd22 hffthe rdd, conditioningthe washer to be'moved" onto the article and continuing this movement until tlie washer'dropsinto theffgroove 5 rod due to'the outwardly flared contour (20 123 thereof; Themagazine rod may again bein serted in place and; there held by the set screw,

32. The operator may then moveithe tool-in alignment with an article; such asthe fulcrum pin 23, untilth'e end ofthe article interengages the magazine rOd IT at therec ess 24;- -At"this time or prior to the movement of the tool-into engagement with thearticle; the arm Iii maybe swung about its pivot, namely the screws. 41,- against the forceof' the spring '48, moving the fingers 52'towa rd-the magazine rod 17. During this movement the edges of the fingers will passbetwe'en'the bottom washer, l8 and the remaining washrs on the magazine, 'locating'the washer to be assembled beneath the surfaces 6 l-' of the fingersL Atthis timeg-assumingthat the magazine rod lTis' disposed in engagement with the end of the fuicrum pi n 23and that the fulcrum pin ismounted against mdvemeritfthe" I operatormay'move the body l0 and all other parts movable'therewith, including, the "arm' I3 and 'the' fingers 52, toward the article, causing relative movement ofuthe fingersrand the megazine rod tojmove-the first washer l8 over' the portion IZILftli'e portion 22 and'onto'the article, Duringthis movement ofzthe fingers'v52theywill becaused tohug the rod l1 throughthecombined force 'of the springs" 64; maintaining engagement with theselected .wa'sherIand moving"outwardly dueto the-varying contoursof the portions 20=and- 22; while'xthe split washer is en-' larged equal to or slightly greater than the diameteriofithe article'so as to pass readily thereonas'itileaves the portion 22.

r Duringlthi'sloperation there is relative move-.

-ment ofnthe magazine rod l1,its support 3! and the' 'body 10. 'I'he'exten't not this movement is controlled by the: cover lo xserving asta stop for: thesupp'ort 3|. vLIn the present'instance the relative movement is suc 'that the: fingers :52 "will notonlyremove theffi'rst washer from the supply y and move the washerover the enlarged'portion's 20' and 22 or the magazine rod; but will'continue 1 ment of the'aikes' ofthe article and" the support relative to ftlikrodbetween; a norm into and out 25 r V Thegembodiment of the 'invention' herein' disclosedis merely illustrative andmay be jwidely I modified and departed'fr'om'in many-Wayswith out departing from the .spirit and scope offthe invention as pointed 1 out; in" and limited solely cylindrical article and adapted te cause align; e v ment ofthe axes of the article and -r'od; ah'ollo'w t t support-for the rod, means for movementof the support relative? to-the a rod between a normal position and an assembling eposition, fan arm mounted on the support for swinging movement i into and out bf an assembling "positionf and fingers supported by a-free'fendor t the" 'arm -i'or movement relative to each other and thejarm {to straddle the rod and pass between thefir-stand J second ring" thereon andjtol-niove 'tfi'e'first'ring I onto the article-during mo ent' or the upport int the assemblin positio 2. An assembling tool "com rod, for a supply ;o'f spllt}ring's; having anend,

formed for interengagrn'entj' with end-foi' 'fa" cylindrical article 'arid 'adapted to cause;align-* ment of theaxesof-rthe article ahd od'. la htiiow support for the rod, means for {movement of the support relative-"to the rod between janormal position and-an"assemblingposition, an ar'm' mounted on the support for swinging movement into'and out of an assemblinglposition; finger supportedby a freeenfdof the arm Ior movement relative toeach' other andi -the a'rm' to straddle the rod and'pas's'between ring thereon and to movethe' first ringyorito the article during movement oilthe supportintothe, assembling position, and means supported by the arm and adaptedtourge-the-fingers towaiid'each I 1 f n j 3. An assembling-tookcomprising a magazine rod, *for a supply ofv split firings, havm gah end formed for mtere gageme t with an endfql a cylindrical article and adapted to' cause jalign support for the maximis s Vfo'r; mo 1" mounted ri w hrf v mat s Offan"assemblingi r osition} fingers, 4

a magazine supported by a free endof the arm for movement relative to each other and the arm to straddle the rod and pass between the firstand second ring thereon and to move the first'ring onto the article during movement of the support into the assembling position, and means to normally urge the arm out of assembling position, i

4. An assembling tool comprising a magazine rod, for a supply of split rings, having an end formed. for interengagement with an end of a cylindrical article and adapted to cause alignment of the axes of the article and rod, a hollow support for the rod, means for movement of the support relative to the rod between a normal position and an assembling position, an arm mounted on the support for swinging movement into and out of an assembling position, and fingers supported by a free end of the arm for I movement relative to each other and the 'armto;

straddle the rod and pass between the first and second ring-thereon and to movevthe first ring onto the article during movement of the support 7 into'the assembling position, the said interengaging end of therod' causingspreading of the ring to pass over the aligned article.

FRANCIS J. LENEHAN. 

